South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 51

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9617htc07.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 9, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Metal detector security system

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  11/29/2006  Senate  Prefiled
  11/29/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
    1/9/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-48
    1/9/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-48

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/29/2006

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 12-6-3557, SO AS TO ALLOW A STATE INCOME TAX CREDIT EQUAL TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE EXPENSE OF PURCHASING AND INSTALLING A METAL DETECTOR SECURITY SYSTEM INSTALLED AND OPERATED BY RETAIL SPACE LANDLORDS AND INDIVIDUAL RETAILERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEE SECURITY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 25, Chapter 6, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 12-6-3557.    There is allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter an amount equal to fifty percent of the purchase price and installation expenses of a metal detector security system installed by a retail space landlord taxpayer or individual retail store taxpayer for use at retail space or shopping mall entrances to provide customer and employee security. Unused credit may be carried forward for ten succeeding taxable years. The Department of Revenue shall prescribe the documentation necessary to claim the credit allowed by this section."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies for metal detector security system purchase and installation expenses incurred in taxable years beginning after 2006.

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